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Keysight Technologies Inc. announced the company's 5G Conformance Toolset was first to submit 5G NR NSA RF test cases for PTCRB validation approval in FR2, as well as for 5G NR SA protocol test cases in FR1, accelerating market introduction of 5G NR mobile devices.

The FCC announced the winners of the 28 and 24 GHz Spectrum Frontiers auctions, (known as auctions 101 and 102) on Monday, June 3. Not surprisingly, Verizon took most of the 28 GHz licenses. At 24 GHz, AT&T and T-Mobile fought for the best position.

Kumu Networks announced immediate commercial availability of an evaluation board for its KU1500 Canceller RFIC.

The FCC announced the conclusion of the 24 GHz “Spectrum Frontiers” auction, which raised $2.0 billion for 2,904 of the 2,909 licenses offered. This follows a similar auction of 28 GHz spectrum, which concluded on January 24 (2019) and raised $702 million for 2,965 of the 3,072 licenses offered. The winners of both auctions will be announced within a few days.

SoftBank Corp. has selected Nokia as a strategic partner to drive its commercial 5G offering with the Nokia AirScale solution. The rollout of Nokia's 5G AirScale will allow the telco to meet growing consumer and industrial demands for 5G.

Keysight Technologies Inc., in conjunction with Nokia, announced the launch of the Open Test Automation Project (OpenTAP).

Anritsu Co. announces that South Korea’s leading mobile operator, KT Corp., has selected the new Anritsu Field Master Pro™ MS2090A RF handheld spectrum analyzer to test the world’s first 5G nationwide network in the sub-6 GHz band.